📖 V&A Pattern: Indian Florals (+ CD-ROM)

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world's greatest museum of art and design, with a vast collection that been an unparalleled resource for designers for 150 years. This new series of pattern books presents the range of the V&A's superb collections. Beautifully designed, accessible, and informative, these little books are a repository of ideas and inspiration for designers of all kinds. Included in each volume is a CD of all the images shown within to be redrawn, reworked, or even licensed for further use. The books are available individually or in a beautiful decorative slipcase. Indian Florals: Luscious patterns derived from plants and flowers have been used in India for centuries. Lotus flowers and floral meanders are seen in third century Buddhist sites, and were given an additional dimension by European prints and books that made their way to the sub continent in the early seventeenth century.